Farmer's & Mechanic's National Bank v. Hanks
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Tarrant County. Tried below before Hon. E. H. Buck.
1Opinion of the Court
LEYY, Associate Justice.
— Between 10 and 11 o’clock of the morning of October 15, 1906, while S. B. Hanks, aged about 22 years and son of appellees Hanks, was engaged in the work of plastering 'in the elevator shaft, he was killed by the descending elevator car being operated by appellant’s employe in charge and control thereof. The appellant was the owner of a six-story office building in the City of Fort Worth, known as the “Hoxie Building,” and tenanted by a great many different people. Appellant constructed and owned and operated a passenger elevator therein to carry persons vertically…
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